Insights

US stocks gain on manufacturing numbers; Walmart result a drag.

AMP has regained an advantageous position in the wealth management sector through investing capital to cut costs. But there is work to be done if it wants a piece of the self-managed funds market.

Two divergent trends underpin US consumer price inflation, which remains below the Fed's target band. The service sector is trending upwards, but goods inflation remains particularly weak.

As APN's results show, FM radio seems to have found higher ground in the fight for advertising revenue. While digital competition rocks other areas, listeners are still turning to radio - so money keeps flowing in.

Wall Street rallied as stable jobs data and Facebook's WhatsApp buy boosted sentiment.

The fickle trends of the art market can paint inexperienced investors into a corner. Novice investors will do well to treat artwork as an aesthetic investment rather than a financial one.

David Jones may give thought to Myer's restated merger bid, while Woodside wants a timeline on Shell's divestment plans.

The upcoming G20 meeting could see tensions rise as Joe Hockey pushes for an agreement on a global growth target. Even if he succeeds, there's still the problem of implementing the plan.

Wishing and hoping doesn't make a stock go up, so it might be time to cut those underperformers from your portfolio.

Emerging gaming systems company eBet (EBT) suffered its biggest one-day sell off in 10-months after two brokers downgraded their recommendation on the stock.

Even a slowing rate of advertising revenue decline won't enable Greg Hywood to ease up on cost cutting. But his knife has carved out an encouraging earnings figure ahead of what must inevitably become a transition to a purely digital environment.

Local market gives up morning gains after weaker than forecast Chinese data.

Engineering contractor NRW Holdings broke its five-session winning streak with its worst one-day sell off since July last year as attention focuses on its interim results next Thursday.

Those who think Facebook's latest deal is drastically overvalued will be blown away by the figures involved in an earlier top-of-the-market merger.

By just checking Alcoa's statements to investors, the AFR's Phil Coorey put a plug in the pipeline of sewage that spews forth on how climate policy is driving industry overseas. If only other journalists could learn to follow the money rather than the rhetoric.

Shares in CTI Logistics have plunged the most in six years despite reporting steady results, with the market appearing to overreact to management's relatively downbeat commentary.